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tough:
- difficile; dur; compliqué; pénible; péniblement; embarrassant; écrasant; lourd; étreignant; délicat; difficilement; accablant; oppressant; critique; gênant; assommant; pressant; avec peine; costaud; robuste; robustement; solide; fort; fortement; d'importance; dynamique; ferme; fermement; énergiquement; énergique; raide; guindé; insoumis; insubordonné; rebelle; récalcitrant; sec; tendineux
- brute; barbare
Wiktionary:
- tough → coriace, difficile, dur, laborieux, puissant, pénible, robuste, résistant, sévère
- tough → mordicus, farouchement, acharné, acharnée, obstiné, opiniâtre, obstinée, tenace, robuste, costaud, costaude, dur, dure, exigeant, exigeante, épais, pâteux, visqueux

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Detailed Translations for tougher from English to French

tough:

tough adj

tough (difficult; awkward; burdensome; hard; heavy; massive; stiff)
difficile; dur; compliqué; pénible; péniblement; embarrassant; écrasant; lourd; étreignant; délicat; difficilement; accablant; oppressant; critique; gênant; assommant; pressant; avec peine
- difficile adj
- dur adj
- compliqué adj
- pénible adj
- péniblement adj
- embarrassant adj
- écrasant adj
- lourd adj
- étreignant adj
- délicat adj
- difficilement adj
- accablant adj
- oppressant adj
- critique adj
- gênant adj
- assommant adj
- pressant adj
- avec peine adj
tough (forceful)
costaud; robuste; robustement; solide; fort; fortement; d'importance
- costaud adj
- robuste adj
- robustement adj
- solide adj
- fort adj
- fortement adj
- d'importance adj
tough (vigorous; drastic; strong; stout; powerful; robust; forceful; energetically; energetic; potent)
dynamique; ferme; fermement; énergiquement; énergique
- dynamique adj
- ferme adj
- fermement adj
- énergiquement adj
- énergique adj
tough (tricky; aggravating; incriminating)
difficile; pénible
- difficile adj
- pénible adj
tough (rigid; stiff)
raide; guindé
- raide adj
- guindé adj
tough (refractory; tenacious; obstinate; cross-grained; persevering; stubborn; recalcitrant; heady; pig-headed; tacky; viscous; persistent; rebellious; tedious; boring; grumpy; sullen; unrelenting; unyielding; mindless; stupefied; dull; stern; surly; leathery; headstrong)
insoumis; insubordonné; rebelle; récalcitrant
- insoumis adj
- insubordonné adj
- rebelle adj
- récalcitrant adj
tough (sinewy; stringy)
dur; sec; tendineux
- dur adj
- sec adj
- tendineux adj

tough [the ~] noun

the tough (brute; thug; ruffian; madman)
la brute; le barbare
- brute [la ~] noun
- barbare [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for tough:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
barbare	brute; madman; ruffian; thug; tough	barbarian; brute; cruel person; fiend; idiot; imbecile; loony; lunatic; madcap; madman; madwoman; maniac; mental patient; mentally disturbed person; mentally ill person; nut
brute	brute; madman; ruffian; thug; tough	barbarian; brute; cruel person; fiend
costaud		bruiser; hooligan; mindless hulk
critique		analysis; appraisal; assessment; book review; comment; critic; criticism; critique; discussion; remark; review; reviewer
dur		pushful man; stickler; tough fellow
dynamique		intensity; power; strength; vigor; vigour
ferme		estate; farm; farm house; farmershome; farmhouse; farmstead; homestead; husbandry; truss
fort		castle; château; citadel; fort; fortification; fortified building; fortress; knight's castle; stronghold
rebelle		agitator; insurgent; mutineer; rebel; revolter; revolutionary; rioter
récalcitrant		recalcitrant; refuser
sec		dry land
-	bully; goon; hood; hoodlum; hooligan; punk; roughneck; rowdy; ruffian; street fighter; strong-armer; thug; toughie; yob; yobbo; yobo
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	bad; baffling; elusive; hard; knotty; problematic; problematical; ruffianly; rugged; sturdy; toughened
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	hard to kill; hardy; persevering; persistent; strenuous; with staying power
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
accablant	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough
assommant	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough	boring; deadly dull; dreary; dull; tedious
avec peine	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough
barbare		abominable; barbaric; brutal; cruel; gruesome; heinous; inhuman; inhumane
compliqué	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough	bewildered; chaotic; complex; complicated; composed; confused; critical; difficult; diffuse; disconcerted; disordered; flustered; hard; inconvenient; indistinct; intricate; involved; obscure; problematic; trying; unclear
costaud	forceful; tough	big; firm; hefty; muscular; powerful; powerfully built; robust; solid; standing-on; staunch; stiff; stout; strapping; strong; sturdy; vigorous; well built
critique	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough	alarming; awkward; cardinal; chief; contested; controversial; critical; crucial; debatable; delicate; difficult; disputable; disputed; disturbing; dubious; essential; hard; imputable; indispensable; open to question; painful; perilous; precarious; principal; problematic; questionable; review; touchy; trying; uncertain; vital; worrisome
d'importance	forceful; tough	considerable; considerably; distinguished; eminent; generously; high ranking; high-placed; high-ranking; high-seated; highly placed; highranking; illustrious; important; leading; major; noteworthy; prominent; renowned; robust; significant; sizable; stately; substantial; venerable; weighty
difficile	aggravating; awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; incriminating; massive; stiff; tough; tricky	awkward; critical; difficult; exacting; hard; painful; perilous; precarious; problematic; punish; review; severe; stiff; strenuous; trying; worrisome
difficilement	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough	critical; difficult; hard; problematic; punish; severe; stiff; trying
dur	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; sinewy; stiff; stringy; tough	abominable; abrasive; as hard as a nails; as hard as nails; as hard as rock; barbaric; brutal; callous; critical; cruel; cutting; difficult; gruesome; hard; hard as iron; hard as steel; hard as stone; harsh; heartless; heinous; inflexible; inhuman; inhumane; iron-hard; merciless; nipping; pitiless; problematic; punish; relentless; rock-hard; ruthless; severe; snappy; stern; stiff; stone-hard; strict; trying
dynamique	drastic; energetic; energetically; forceful; potent; powerful; robust; stout; strong; tough; vigorous	active; decisive; drastic; dynamic; energetic; forceful; lively; potent; powerful; spirited; strong; vigorous
délicat	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough	acutely; awkward; choice; choosy; contested; controversial; critical; dainty; debatable; delicate; delicious; delightful; difficult; disputable; disputed; dubious; easily hurt; elegant; elite; exquisite; fine; fragile; frail; fussy; graceful; handsome; hard; heavenly; highly-strung; imputable; lovely; nice; open to question; oversensitive; painful; perilous; personable; petite; picky; precarious; pretty; problematic; problematical; questionable; refined; review; select; sensitive; skinny; slender; slight; slim; smartly; snap; sophisticated; stylish; subtle; subtly; superior; susceptible; tender; touchy; uncertain; very pretty; very tasteful; vulnerable; weak; worrisome
embarrassant	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough	aggravating; annoying; awkward; bothersome; burdensome; critical; disagreeable; embarrassing; exacting; exasperating; hard; heavy; hindrance-causing; inconvenient; irritating; oppressing; oppressive; painful; perilous; precarious; review; tiresome; troublesome; unmanageable; unwieldy; worrisome
ferme	drastic; energetic; energetically; forceful; potent; powerful; robust; stout; strong; tough; vigorous	absolute; absolutely; bold; brisk; certain; certainly; courageous; decisive; definitely; determined; drastic; energetic; final; firm; forceful; full of energy; glorious; haughty; indisputable; lively; lofty; morally strong; of course; persistent; positive; positively; potent; powerful; proud; resolute; robust; solid; spirited; stable; standing-on; staunch; stiff; stout; strapping; strong; strong of character; substantial; sure; sure and certain; unconditional; undoubted; unflinching; unshakable; vigorous
fermement	drastic; energetic; energetically; forceful; potent; powerful; robust; stout; strong; tough; vigorous	determined; drastic; energetic; firm; forceful; morally strong; persistent; potent; powerful; resolute; robust; standing-on; staunch; stiff; strapping; strong; unflinching; vigorous
fort	forceful; tough	aloud; at the top of one's voice; blatant; boisterous; burly; clamorous; considerable; considerably; eccentric; energetic; enormous; exceptional; extraordinary; extremely; fatty; fierce; firm; formidable; full of energy; generously; greasy; greatly; heavy; hefty; highly; immense; injurious; insulting; intense; lively; loud; loudly; lustily; massive; mighty; muscular; noisy; obese; offending; offensive; openly; out loud; particular; powerful; powerfully built; robust; severe; showy; sizable; solid; special; spiced; spicy; spirited; stable; standing-on; staunch; stiff; stout; strong; sturdy; substantial; tremendous; ultra; vehement; vigorous; violent; well built; wondrous
fortement	forceful; tough	considerable; considerably; extremely; fierce; generously; heavy; highest; intense; massive; robust; severe; sizable; strong; substantial; ultra; uppermost; vehement; violent
guindé	rigid; stiff; tough
gênant	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough	aggravating; annoying; awkward; bothersome; critical; delicate; disagreeable; embarrassing; exacting; exasperating; full of sadness; grievous; hard; hindrance-causing; ill-timed; incompetent; inconvenient; irritating; pained; painful; perilous; precarious; review; tiresome; troublesome; unfit; unsuitable; worrisome
insoumis	boring; cross-grained; dull; grumpy; headstrong; heady; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; stern; stubborn; stupefied; sullen; surly; tacky; tedious; tenacious; tough; unrelenting; unyielding; viscous	against the grain; headstrong; immovable; inflexible; obstinate; pig-headed; recalcitrant; rigid; star; stern; straight-backed; stubborn; unbending
insubordonné	boring; cross-grained; dull; grumpy; headstrong; heady; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; stern; stubborn; stupefied; sullen; surly; tacky; tedious; tenacious; tough; unrelenting; unyielding; viscous
lourd	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough	burdensome; fatty; filling; greasy; heavy; loaded; muggy; obese; oppressing; oppressive; plump; rich; stout; stuffy; sultry; sweltering
oppressant	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough	muggy; oppressive; stuffy; sultry; sweltering
pressant	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough	burdensome; cramped; essential; heavy; highly necessary; imperative; narrow; necessarily; necessary; oppressing; oppressive; pressing; small; stringent; tight; urgent; vital; with haste
pénible	aggravating; awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; incriminating; massive; stiff; tough; tricky	aggravating; annoying; awkward; bothersome; critical; delicate; embarrassing; full of sadness; grievous; hard; hindrance-causing; ill-timed; incompetent; inconvenient; pained; painful; perilous; precarious; review; troublesome; unfit; unsuitable; worrisome
péniblement	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough
raide	rigid; stiff; tough	abstemious; against the grain; broke; cantankerous; clumsy; crabbed; crusty; doltish; drunk; drunken; fixed; fossilised; fossilized; gawky; gruff; grumpy; immovable; inflexible; intoxicated; measured; nagging; not very good; obstinate; owlish; petrified; pissed; poor; recalcitrant; rigid; set; star; stern; stiff; straight-backed; stubborn; sullen; surly; tight; tipsy; unbending; uneasy; unhandy; wooden
rebelle	boring; cross-grained; dull; grumpy; headstrong; heady; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; stern; stubborn; stupefied; sullen; surly; tacky; tedious; tenacious; tough; unrelenting; unyielding; viscous	against the grain; epoch making; ground-breaking; immovable; inflexible; insurgent; mutinous; obstinate; pioneering; rebellious; recalcitrant; revolting; revolutionary; rigid; star; stern; straight-backed; stubborn; unbending
robuste	forceful; tough	big; big-boned; burly; considerable; considerably; durable; firm; generously; hefty; in perfect health; large-limbed; muscular; perfectly healthy; powerfully built; reliable; robust; sizable; solid; sound; stable; standing-on; staunch; stiff; stocky

Related Words for "tough":

toughness, tougher, toughest, toughly, toughen

Synonyms for "tough":

hard-bitten; hard-boiled; pugnacious; tough-minded; unsentimental; hard; insensitive
rugged; difficult; hard
toughened; calloused; callous; thickened; enured; inured; hardened; weather-beaten; experienced; experient; rugged; strong
sturdy; rugged
ruffianly; violent
bad; uncomfortable
cartilaginous; gristly; rubbery; chewy; coriaceous; leathered; leatherlike; leathery; fibrous; sinewy; stringy; unchewable; hempen; tough-skinned; inedible; uneatable
hard; bad
baffling; knotty; problematic; problematical
street fighter; combatant; battler; belligerent; fighter; scrapper
hood; hoodlum; goon; punk; thug; toughie; strong-armer; criminal; felon; crook; outlaw; malefactor
bully; hooligan; ruffian; roughneck; rowdy; yob; yobo; yobbo; attacker; aggressor; assailant; assaulter

Antonyms for "tough":

tender

Related Definitions for "tough":

feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')¹
- he was feeling tough after a restless night¹
substantially made or constructed¹
- a tough all-weather fabric¹
- some plastics are as tough as metal¹
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe¹
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution¹
- the competition was tough¹
- it's a tough life¹
- it was a tough job¹
unfortunate or hard to bear¹
- a tough break¹
resistant to cutting or chewing¹
physically toughened¹
- the tough bottoms of his feet¹
not given to gentleness or sentimentality¹
- a tough character¹
violent and lawless¹
- tough street gangs¹
a cruel and brutal fellow¹
an aggressive and violent young criminal¹
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing¹

Wiktionary Translations for tough:

tough

adjective

Qui est dur comme du cuir, en parlant surtout de la viande.
- coriace → tough; leathery
Qui ne se laisse pas vaincre facilement.
- coriace → tough
Non facile, qui nécessite un grand effort.
- difficile → difficult; hard; inconvenient; tough; arduous
Qui, par suite de sa fermeté, est difficile à pénétrer, à entamer.
- dur → hard; difficult; inconvenient; tough; arduous
Qui travaille beaucoup, qui aime le travail.
- laborieux → challenging; exacting; formidable; hard; heavy; tough; arduous; hardworking; active; diligent; laborious; industrious; assiduous
Qui a beaucoup de pouvoir.
- puissant → powerful; mighty; potent; strong; vigorous; forceful; tough; stallwart; puissant
Qui se fait avec peine, qui donne de la peine, de la fatigue.
- pénible → grievous; challenging; exacting; formidable; hard; heavy; tough; arduous; dismal; miserable; bleak
Qui est fort, vigoureux, résistant.
- robuste → robust; sturdy; burly; resistant; rugged; solid; strong; tough; firm; able-bodied
qui résiste
- résistant → resistant; tough; hardy
Qui est rigide, sans indulgence.
- sévère → severe; strict; austere; hard; harsh; sharp; stark; stern; tough

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• tough	→ mordicus; farouchement; acharné; acharnée; obstiné; opiniâtre; obstinée; tenace	↔ hartnäckig — auf etwas eigensinnig, beharrlich, unnachgiebig bestehend
• tough	→ robuste	↔ robust — hartem Umgang/Einsatz standhalten; qualitativ hochwertig
• tough	→ robuste	↔ robust — unanfällig gegen Störung
• tough	→ costaud; costaude; dur; dure; exigeant; exigeante	↔ taff — salopp: nicht empfindlich, nicht leicht irritierbar; abgehärtet und widerstandsfähig
• tough	→ épais; pâteux; visqueux	↔ zäh — langsam, schwerfällig fließend

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Detailed Translations for tougher from English to French

tough:

tough adj

tough (difficult; awkward; burdensome; hard; heavy; massive; stiff)

tough (forceful)

tough (vigorous; drastic; strong; stout; powerful; robust; forceful; energetically; energetic; potent)

tough (tricky; aggravating; incriminating)

tough (rigid; stiff)

tough (refractory; tenacious; obstinate; cross-grained; persevering; stubborn; recalcitrant; heady; pig-headed; tacky; viscous; persistent; rebellious; tedious; boring; grumpy; sullen; unrelenting; unyielding; mindless; stupefied; dull; stern; surly; leathery; headstrong)

tough (sinewy; stringy)

tough [the ~] noun

the tough (brute; thug; ruffian; madman)

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